tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post4301808432310162158..comments2019-05-28T06:38:03.534-04:00Comments on Lost and Found and Connections Abound: ReflectionLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-18135952953349859002012-01-03T10:30:25.862-05:002012-01-03T10:30:25.862-05:00I&#39;m so glad to have found this amazing resourc...I&#39;m so glad to have found this amazing resource as I&#39;m about to dive into IVF. Thank you so much for creating this!!!Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558132244688635245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-35438551257523094782011-05-05T02:21:32.451-04:002011-05-05T02:21:32.451-04:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is genius. T...Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is genius. This has opened up my IF experience from a lonely corner into a whole world of support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-50593030126020950052011-03-28T18:35:19.976-04:002011-03-28T18:35:19.976-04:00This is the beginning of my journey and I am findi...This is the beginning of my journey and I am finding great comfort that I am not alone. I am so looking forward to learning and sharing about LFCA.sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780429860757092348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-20816330178945836162010-08-30T01:34:06.945-04:002010-08-30T01:34:06.945-04:00thank you so much for doing this. The first I hea...thank you so much for doing this. The first I heard of LFCA was when I logged back onto my blog after posting the news that we&#39;d had a car accident and my daughter died in utero as a result - suddenly there were so many beautiful, compassionate comments - I really felt a huge wave of love from teh internets. It didn&#39;t fix everything, but it made me feel loved and supported and part of aHanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490161992949497684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-75826215142142023012009-12-14T17:26:45.585-05:002009-12-14T17:26:45.585-05:00I&#39;m only a recent reader but it is nice to be ...I&#39;m only a recent reader but it is nice to be able to have a central place to read a small bit of news and updates in the ALI community. Thnaks!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15431384515813384025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-35015130277090264162009-12-14T11:49:55.430-05:002009-12-14T11:49:55.430-05:00Shoot, I thought I wrote something on Friday. But ...Shoot, I thought I wrote something on Friday. But LFCA to me is about getting out of my own suffering and issues for five minutes and offering support, love and compassion to other women. It also means being able to accept love, support and compassion when I am not strong enough to offer to someone else. And conversely, it means reveling in some good news, celebrations and fun with others, and angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-16026738203373420502009-12-14T11:05:35.460-05:002009-12-14T11:05:35.460-05:00When the LFCA had just begun, it announced my preg...When the LFCA had just begun, it announced my pregnancy, and almost five months later it announced the death of one of my twins, and a month after that, the premature birth of my daughter. The support I received from this community during what was an unspeakably dark time meant everything to me. It STILL means everything to me.<br /><br />As a reader, I rely on the LFCA every single day. I have Alexahttp://flotsamblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-36337599074892753242009-12-14T10:58:09.990-05:002009-12-14T10:58:09.990-05:00Oh wow. This is the most amazing place. I teared...Oh wow. This is the most amazing place. I teared up reading of its mention in Redbook :) <br /><br />Lost and Found helped me get my start in blogging by listing me among the new blogs. It has allowed me to find support. And it has allowed me to feel like I&#39;m keeping my head about water when I&#39;ve fallen behind in my blog reading. It cultivates a sense of community that would not Bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026618678540051581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-40566369828457157912009-12-14T03:11:44.244-05:002009-12-14T03:11:44.244-05:00This space has helped me in so many ways - I get t...This space has helped me in so many ways - I get to celebrate the good that happens in the ALI community and I can commiserate with those who get bad news too. This space lets me know that I am by no means alone in my struggle. That as much as I feel like the only freak of nature that has not been able to have kids, that I am not alone, and I am not a freak after all. The friends I have made Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-54600310859950634662009-12-13T23:46:35.685-05:002009-12-13T23:46:35.685-05:00I found this blog when I was put into the hospital...I found this blog when I was put into the hospital due to OHSS. I was terrified and worried about our babies. We conceived via IVF after 2 adoptions and many female issues....wow to come here and find so many people in the same boat. It was heartbreaking to share the losses of so many and the joy of others. Thank you....Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12273655350299086830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-12254809913746945702009-12-13T21:04:19.564-05:002009-12-13T21:04:19.564-05:00I agree that of all of your brilliant community bu...I agree that of all of your brilliant community building/strengthening ideas Mel, that the LFCA was one of your best! :) I too found my way here after realizing that others had found their way to my blog through here. <br /><br />I also don&#39;t know who started sharing my news here, before I knew it exhisted... however I will be forever grateful to that person or people. Likewise, I didn&#39Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175833982955486083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-53586926721830574262009-12-13T11:55:53.025-05:002009-12-13T11:55:53.025-05:00Been wanting to comment, but it can be hard when s...Been wanting to comment, but it can be hard when <i>someone</i> wants to be held all the time.<br /><br />Mel, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! If not for LFCA I might not be sitting here next to my beautiful 2 week old miracle. When one donor embryo opportunity fell through, I posted a question on my blog asking if people had embryos to donate, if they would consider donating to a single womanDorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255190971670471758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-20645948854946446072009-12-13T07:48:05.460-05:002009-12-13T07:48:05.460-05:00Over the last year the LFCA has represented many t...Over the last year the LFCA has represented many things for me. It is a place to find support when things are falling apart. It is a place to offer support to people going through the same kind of loss. It is a place to send news, even when I don&#39;t know how it will effect the group, but knowing somehow that it will touch the person it is supposed to. It is a place to raise awareness. <br /><Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878937591945134056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-43748918163691140782009-12-12T20:49:06.847-05:002009-12-12T20:49:06.847-05:00I&#39;ve received a lot of support along the way f...I&#39;ve received a lot of support along the way from people who&#39;ve popped in from LFCA.<br /><br />It means a great deal.<br /><br />BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890663570732346315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-62299254163716666152009-12-12T19:44:21.247-05:002009-12-12T19:44:21.247-05:00It has always been nice for me to come to LFCA to ...It has always been nice for me to come to LFCA to share in other&#39;s hopes, dreams, disappointments, and just plain news in their lives. I can easily go to their blog and become a part of their lives, good or bad at the time. It is so empowering to both the giver and receiver when we share with each other.<br />One day I was going through a major disappointment in my IF journey, and I went ontoHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984928816319820545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-31068255641964671022009-12-12T15:26:40.425-05:002009-12-12T15:26:40.425-05:00I, like so many others, found my here, stumbling i...I, like so many others, found my here, stumbling in from the darkness after seeing the LFCA anothers blog. It was early in the weeks after losing my son Caleb to stillbirth. I had no idea that I could so instantly be surrounded by so many who actually &#39;got&#39; what I was feeling. <br />And so the story goes, time has passed and my life has moved forward enough that I now come here daily not k@laklyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05366772609212990882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-65439404131218021652009-12-12T07:01:52.856-05:002009-12-12T07:01:52.856-05:00I first heard of LFCA after my miscarriage, when s...I first heard of LFCA after my miscarriage, when so many lovely people offered comfort and shared their experiences. I have made some wonderful online friends through this resource. Also, your categorized list of blogs makes it so easy to find others who are in your situation, which is great when you don&#39;t have people in real life who are going through what you are. Thank you so much for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-85854241526554405252009-12-12T06:47:35.922-05:002009-12-12T06:47:35.922-05:00When I re visited my dark place in Sept this year ...When I re visited my dark place in Sept this year on the anniversary of my Miscarriage I was feeling so lost and thought that there&#39;d never be a chance for my husband I to conceive, what with all the tests that they had planned for us. It all seemed so final and I felt so desolate.<br />Then I noticed some fellow bloggers put some lovely and supportive comments on my post. Like Cheryl I Carolynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538825771850083097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-14221561586452894752009-12-12T06:18:05.898-05:002009-12-12T06:18:05.898-05:00I have watched LFCA grow from the first post to th...I have watched LFCA grow from the first post to the 500th post and think it is just an amazing space.<br /><br />I have found blogs in similar situations and feel comforted that I am not alone.<br /><br />I love the support that is given by my close blogging friends but always appreciate the bloggers that just pop in to offer a hug or word of support that come from LFCA. I try and offer my Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869194928164916281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-85088206373852371852009-12-12T05:43:30.853-05:002009-12-12T05:43:30.853-05:00What does it mean to me? Well, it means a lot of ...What does it mean to me? Well, it means a lot of the things you&#39;ve already mentioned. A community space. A more level playing field. I hope it helps provide much-needed support and communication within the community for years to come.<br /><br />BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-89719327411199409682009-12-12T05:02:20.882-05:002009-12-12T05:02:20.882-05:00*And I am choking from the spelling mistakes I jus...*And I am choking from the spelling mistakes I just belted out*WiseGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679149270839974470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-27732286665431250062009-12-12T05:00:30.876-05:002009-12-12T05:00:30.876-05:00Congrats on the 500th!
And virtual applause fot t...Congrats on the 500th!<br /><br />And virtual applause fot the Clickers!<br /><br />Well, LFCA is one of the pages I check most often in the IF bloggynook...for one, I have found several fantastic blogs through it. for two, it lets me know at one place, what different people are upto in different corners of the world. <br /><br />LFCA has also lent me a lot of support these IF bloggy years, and WiseGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679149270839974470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-55396783596487449432009-12-12T02:36:09.611-05:002009-12-12T02:36:09.611-05:00Happy 500th anniversary LFCA!
I love the LFCA. It...Happy 500th anniversary LFCA!<br /><br />I love the LFCA. It has helped me find so many wonderful blogs, to find people both in the same in situation as me and others who are not. It has made me feel part of the community.<br /><br />People have posted questions here from their own blogs and I have been able to click over and help out. I love being able to do that.<br /><br />I also love that Andiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173628683150350210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-84080804471497593662009-12-11T23:53:10.315-05:002009-12-11T23:53:10.315-05:00I would like to thank you and all the bloggers for...I would like to thank you and all the bloggers for such a great community! I check LFCA every single day. I don&#39;t have blog myself, but I&#39;m walking the same walk as most of these ladies... I find comfort here. I feel like I belong! People here talk the same language :) <br />Long live LFCA!Lennukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02198037090289381294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372617656796373653.post-28426470953093714542009-12-11T23:28:47.389-05:002009-12-11T23:28:47.389-05:00LFCA for me has become a way of giving back. This ...LFCA for me has become a way of giving back. This resource wasn&#39;t here when I was going through my darkest days (although Mel was :)I know what a difference a kind word of advice can make. Being able to give back is wonderful, and reading good news even more so. Long live the LFCA!Chickenpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442755180328605920noreply@blogger.com